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Tioga, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76271. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Point quadrangle. 1,142 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Tioga within Grayson County

Population over time

2 figures

Tioga grew from 803 to 1,142 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010803
20201,142+339 (+42%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

66 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Tioga between 2005 and 2018, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTIOGA ASSIST
13 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOGTOWN RD
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAILROAD TRACKS
27 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEQUIPMENT FIRE
27 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1600 HARPOLE RD
25 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE 1323 EMBERSON RANCH RD
24 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIGHT A WAY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tioga in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Flash FloodTioga$750,000Numerous roads throughout the county were closed due to high water, especially in the southwestern portions of the county. Water rescues were conducted in the cities of Sherman and Gunter. One house was flooded in the city of Denison.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTioga$40,000Power lines and branches were blown down. Carports were damaged and a roof was partially torn off of an apartment building.
March 2023HailTioga$20,000Golf ball size hail was reported along FM 922 just west of U.S. Highway 377. Wind speeds were estimated to be near 55 to 60 mph.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindTioga$10,000The Grayson County emergency manager reported a wind gust estimated at 60 mph just south of Tioga.
October 2009Flash FloodTioga$8,000A couple had to be rescued after driving into high water at the Spirit of the West Resort. Water from the lake at the resort was overflowing its banks due to heavy rainfall of 6-8 inches and flooding the surrounding roadways. The water was reported to be up to the headlights of the car. No one was injured, and the water began receding shortly after the rescue and was cleared by the next morning.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindTioga$5,000Damage to sheet metal roofs and carports was reported in Tioga. Time estimated via radar.
May 2009HailTioga$5,000Golfball size hail fell in Tioga.
October 2009HailTioga$5,000Golfball size hail was reported in Tioga.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindTioga$5,000Wind damage was reported in town.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindTioga$2,000Thunderstorms winds of 55 to 60 mph winds were estimated northwest of Tioga.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTioga$1,000A 62 MPH wind gust was measured 2 miles east of Tioga.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindTioga$1,000A storage shed was blown off its foundation.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindTioga$500Large trees was uprooted in very saturated grounds at Emberson Chapel Rd and Hwy 377 in the Tioga area. Large tree branches were also broken off in this same area. A property fence was damaged.
May 2024Flash FloodTioga-Emergency management reported flooding over the roadway on Emberson Chapel Rd southeast of Tioga.
May 2024HailTioga-Emergency management reported penny-sized hail in Tioga, TX.
March 2023Flash FloodTioga-Emergency management reported that U.S. Highway 377 near the Grayson/Denton County line was impassable due to high water over the roadway.
May 2019HailTioga-Emergency management reported penny size hail along FM 121 approximately 3 miles east of the city of Tioga, TX.
April 2018HailTioga-Emergency management reported penny-sized hail in the city of Tioga, TX.
July 2014FloodTioga-Residual flooding of creeks, streams, and roads continued across the southern portions of Cooke County after 3-5 of rain fell in the area.
June 2010HailTioga-Penny size hail was reported in Tioga.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindTioga-Power lines were down in Tioga.
April 2007Flash FloodTioga-Barricades were needed over Highway 56, FM 121, and other streets in Tioga and Van Alstyne due to high water.
June 2001Flash FloodTioga-Five inches of rain resulted in a bridge being washed out.
June 2023HailTioga-no account filed
June 2023HailTioga-no account filed
April 2017HailTioga-no account filed
August 2006HailTioga-no account filed
June 2005HailTioga-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
May 2003HailTioga-no account filed
April 1995HailTioga-no account filed
October 1993HailTioga-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Collinsville6.5 miles12
Ethel6.6 miles12
Gunter9.1 miles7
Macomb9.6 miles12
Elm View9.9 miles7
Sperry12.0 miles11
Dorchester12.9 miles11
Whitesboro13.1 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on TiogaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981417The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369968. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.